University of Washington, Western Washington University and Bates College topped this season’s first USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Division I, II and III Polls presented by Pocock Racing Shells.

Washington, which became the first school in the history of the NCAA Rowing Championship to sweep all three boat classes in 2017, earned all 25 first-place votes to take the top spot in the first Division I poll of the year. University of California at Berkeley, the national runner-up in 2017, ranked second, followed by the University of Texas, Princeton University and University of Michigan.

The defending Division II national champions from Western Washington got the nod in the first DII poll of the season, earning three first-place votes. University of California at San Diego ranked second, earning the other two first-place votes. Florida Institute of Technology, Barry University and the University of Central Oklahoma rounded out the top five.

Bates College, which edged out Williams College for the national title in 2017, earned all 10 first-place votes to take the No. 1 spot in the opening Division III poll. Wesleyan University ranked second, followed by Williams College, Ithaca College and Rochester Institute of Technology.

Women’s NCAA Division I Rankings

Rank

Team (First Place Votes)

Votes

1

University of Washington (25)

494

2

University of California, Berkeley

478

3

University of Texas

398

4

Princeton University

383

5

University of Michigan

373

6

The Ohio State University

362

7

Yale University

340

8

Brown University

333

9

University of Virginia

316

10

Stanford University

300

11

University of Wisconsin

236

12

University of Southern California

192

13

Washington State University

159

14

Syracuse University

156

15

Indiana University

135

16

Harvard University

118

17

University of Iowa

116

18

Michigan State University

79

19

University of Oklahoma

54

20

University of Minnesota

46

Other Receiving Votes in Alphabetical Order: University of California at Los Angeles (38), University of Louisville (36), Duke University (35), Northeastern University (20), University of Tennessee (14), Gonzaga University (10), University of Central Florida (7), University of Notre Dame (6), Oregon State University (4), University of San Diego (4), Cornell University (3), University of Pennsylvania (4), and University of Kansas (1)

Women’s NCAA Division II Rankings

Rank

Team (First Place Votes)

Votes

1

Western Washington University (3)

146

2

University of California San Diego (2)

140

3

Florida Institute of Technology

138

4

Barry University

127

5

University of Central Oklahoma

116

6

Humboldt State University

93

7

Seattle Pacific University

67

8

Nova Southeastern University

40

Other Receiving Votes: Mercyhurst University (20), Rollins College (11), and Franklin Pierce University (2)

Women’s NCAA Division III Rankings

Rank

Team (First Place Votes)

Votes

1

Bates College (10)

150

2

Wesleyan University

137

3

Williams College

131

4

Ithaca College

121

5

Rochester institute of Technology

104

6

Hamilton College

88

7

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

86

8

Tufts University

68

9

Wellesley College

64

10

William Smith College

55

11

Pacific Lutheran University

53

12

Washington College

50

13

University of Puget Sound

40

14

Colby College

26

15

St. Lawrence University

13

Other Receiving Votes: Smith College (11), Lewis and Clark College (1), Mount Holyoke College (1), Trinity College (1)